Dave says, "...the Woman Pays???" No. The TEACHER pays.

What a DOPE!!! She has ruined her marriage, reputation and all the years she had gone to school to become a teacher...WAS THE SEX AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME TO ACTUALLY REACH AN ORGASM WORTH IT!!!!

I say not.

She had a husband, 3 kids, a home, a good job--why can't women just be happy with what they already have???

Why couldn't she have just waited a few months for graduation? Oh, I can't believe I wrote that. Poor husband and kids, I wonder if she had an open marriage or something.

SERIOUSLY??? the "boys" were 18yrs old, last time I checked, that was legal adulthood. PERIOD. everybody needs to stay the phuck out of other peoples business. at worst she may be due some administrative punishment over employment policy, however personal sexual engagement between consenting adults is none of the states business.

Wonder why the guys have all the fun and get by with it, but the gals end up paying (jail time and/or pregnancy)?

WTF? These were not kids. These were adults (by law) that she had sex with. 2 years minimum per charge? That's not justice, it shouldn't even be against the law. I'd say that's enough to lose her job, but seriously? 10 years in prison for sleeping with adults? Is Texas the Afghanistan of America?

L8, it's the State's business when the people involved are students and teacher, even if they all are of legal age, for obvious reasons like special grade consideration, etc. Other than that, yes, I agree that it's nobody else's business except for the woman's husband. And, lol, the way society is headed even that is debatable, like; "He should be happy that she found some young studs to take the pressure off him."

"What do you think the teacher's gonna look like this year?

♪♫I think of all the education that I've missed
But then my homework was never quite like this!

Ow! Got it bad,
Got it bad,
Got it bad,
I'm hot for teacher!
I've got it bad, so bad
I'm hot for teacher!♪♫

its that 50 shades of gray.women get worked into a lather with that book.

mellofello - Sure it is a law, but not a law I've ever heard about before. And I also can understand why that law may exist, like for the obvious reasons you mentioned, however 2-20 years in prison per count? to me that seems absurd! Sure I could understand the school firing her and I could even understand her being fined an or loosing her teaching license. But 2-20 years in prison? No that is totally absurd. But you are seeing more and more people being sent to prison over out dated or obsolete laws more often that I can ever remember. I believe it has to do with the privatization of the local prison systems and would not be surprised if Judges were getting kickbacks from the private prison sector.

I personaly think this is total BS she gets jail time for sex with adults yet im sure if her husband had sex with 5 18year old girls he wouldent get in trouble i can understand if they are under the age of consent that she get introuble but these are all adult age and it was at her house so what if she was there teacher this is like every young boys fantasy she is letting them live out they shouldent punish her for sex with adults fired yes maybe i can see that but jail time thats wrong and here i thought texas as a great state till this happened

I want to also say that if she were coercing these young men for grade status then definitely the law should apply, whether they be 18 or 28, but there is no mention that there was any coercion on her part in return for grade status. It seems she was just a hungery cougar.

OK I am not condoning what the teacher did but come on...really! We are so uptight in this country about sex. I mean she did commit adultry and that is bad but for God's sake...what would Jesus say? He'd say...Of you who is w/o sin, cast the first stone. It is obvious the woman has a sexual addiction problem...putting her in prision isnt going to fix the problem. We need to show forgiveness and ask God to help her!

@Bobby-593508. I think you're forgetting that adultery isn't against the law. Nor is that what she's being charged with.

Those laws are in there for a reason, and that's because students have to remain in school if they want to graduate. Why should they have to attend with their predators working at the same site? Years ago such "relationships" were legal and even resulted in marriages, but districts are now extremely gunshy about this thanks to civil lawsuits. Sexual harassment of any kind leaves them open to such litigation, so they felt these power-imbalanced relationships had to be criminalized. You can bet anything lawsuits are going to result from this idiot's outrageous conduct. Predators should never be allowed to work anywhere near students.

I guess that school didn't teach abstinence.

L8N8 - you are one sick individual if you would actually "high five" your son for having sex with a married woman who was also his teacher. Your parenting skills are one of the major reasons the school system is falling apart - parents who actually reward their children for abhorrent behavior.

Good call on the 'cougar' L8N8. LOL From the sounds of it they all had a great time...while it lasted!

I feel sorry for the husband. He is married to a stanky ole whore. I guess he was not good enough to satisfy her as she needed 4 dudes and a camera man to get her off. Take her three kids away from her and send her up the river to do time. Or maybe she was just working on a new teaching method to get the guys to learn? At least they were 18. Where were the teachers like her when I was a young lad? after school detention was never this fun.

Samantha, I am sorry if my "male dog" persona was showing a bit there and offended your self righteousness. When I was young I was raised religiously conservative, but I have always had extreme sexual desires, not because I learned them from "Bad Parenting" but because that is apparently how I am wired. I am willing to bet you say homosexuality is due to bad parenting too. Hyper-sexuality has nothing to do with parenting, it has to do with the person.

And we point fingers to the Taliban. This type of moral policing is just plain horrendous. And they were all adults too. I didnt know there were states in the USA with such draconian laws.

WTF? These were not kids. These were adults (by law) that she had sex with. 2 years minimum per charge? That's not justice, it shouldn't even be against the law. I'd say that's enough to lose her job, but seriously? 10 years in prison for sleeping with adults? Is Texas the Afghanistan of America?

This!

If it's a screwy law or messed up justice there's one word to describe it....Texas.

Just groovy.....

It sounds like an internal problem with the school, and none of the antiquated, barbaric pro capital punishment Texas judicial system......something smells afoul in Texas(wake up Texas). The prison lobbyist are one of the biggest lobbyist groups, and our nation is gradually becoming a "big brother" state. What's next ? Should we start throwing naughty teachers in concentration camps after they are "re-educated" in state run torture cells ? For anyone who hasn't read THE GOULAG ARCHIPELAGO by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, I suggest you begin now before the book is banned or panned or whatever, the overwhelming multitude of parallels with our society are frightening !!!

double standard. If this was a man, he wouldv'e been run down by the town's people and hung by a tree. but people on here are like ha ha ha hope they had a good time. It's true, younger guys dream of being with older women, she shouldv'e known better than to risk her job and marriage to engage in this kind of behavior. kudos bithes

Why did he cry? He got to keep everything after the split?

ho gets what she deserves!

To those saying that the state has the right to enact a punishment based on the fact that she is a state employee: well, you're right. This is why we require our teachers to be certified.

That said, 2-20 years in jail per-count is NOT a sentence that fits this crime. Removing her teaching license would be enough to make sure she could no longer carry out her crimes with 100% efficiency, as in this case the crime was a teacher having sex with her students. That's a kind of success that you just don't get with the kind of hard time this woman is going to be facing.

This, people, is why a GOOD piece of legislation can be hundreds of pages long and meticulously detailed. This one sounds like it was written on the back of a napkin during a campaign speech by a politician looking to show they're tough on pedophelia. If there's anyone down there in Texas who still feels some sense of responsibility this law will be revised to tone down the sentencing guidelines at the very least. Too late for this woman most likely given the near impossibility of getting any kind of appeal in Texas, but it would at least keep this travesty of justice from being repeated next time it happens (and yes, it will happen again, don't kid yourselves.)

Wait a minute here. If they were 18 years of age, these 18 yo are considered to be adults. Teachers have the right to socialize and have sex just like anyone else.

A 19-year-old testified that he had gone to Colleps' home twice with friends and they all engaged in sexual conduct.

So he apparently liked it the first time and wend back for seconds.

A former student who is now 20 testified that he engaged in group sex and recorded his last encounter on a cellphone.

Are they punishing her for having sex with the boys, or for having the boys to engage in gay sex at her home?

Three of them do not want her prosecuted, and personally for me, they were all consenting adults.

I think this is just wrong, and she should be be punished, but not sent to prison.

I agree @justoneguy if the genders were reversed the man would get multipe life sentences and the public would be calling for his head.

On another note, Texas laws forbids teachers from having sexual relationships with their students, and it is a good and reasonable law. If you are a teacher,you should know this. It prevents the"sex for good grades" scandals that would definetly happen if the law didnt exist,wether it a male teacher or a female. I dont however feel she should have to register as a sex offender as they were all adults. A minor jail sentence(seeing as she did break the law,not prison),loss of job and a condition that she never teach again(at any level) should suffice in my opinion.

wow...LUCKY boys...I'm sure they will miss her a lot....

When I was in high school 43 years ago, we called those guys lucky stiffs. She goes to prison? WTF!

Leave it to the state of Texas to have Stone Age laws (they were legally consenting adults, some of whom didn't even want to press charges). What a joke of a state.

Eh, the students were over 18...

If they'd have been younger, five years would be outrageously short. I do agree with others, that if 'teacher' had been a man, posters would be more incline to hang him by his balls. I am the parent of a high schooler, sure I'd be mad, but once my son is 18, I don't really have a choice of who he 'associates' with, do I? Neither do these parents, the school or anyone else...

The woman pays because the woman was the one who was in a position of authority and who broke the rules of her employment. What an idiot. She deserves the jail time. There are a lot of things I hate about Texas, but good for them for prohibiting sex between teachers and students, regardless of the age of the students.

@Watching

Though a relationship between students and teachers seems unethical, it should not be a legal matter if the students were consenting adults. It should only be a matter of how the school wants to handle the situation. If the rules of her employment had these legal ramifications, then the rules of her employment were stupid.

The Texas Improper Relationship between educator and student law was enacted maybe 7 years ago. It applies regardless of the age of the student because it was a law intended to restrict the behavior of TEACHERS. All teachers in Texas are aware of this law and it's consequences if ignored. The constitutionality of it has been challenged and upheld in 2 separate cases and two separate Courts of Appeal. The law stands. The only short coming of this law in my opinion is that it does NOT require mandatory sex offender registration. I think there is no question that the TEA will revoke her teaching certification. My guess is that they already have been investigating the possibility, and now with the verdict they will take it away permanently. As they should. Do all the "high five-ing" that you want, but I guarantee the parents of the students stand firmly behind her prosecution and conviction. It is a whole different perspective when someone abuses their power and takes advantage of YOUR kid. Bottom line is....she knew the law...she broke the law....she faces the consequences of her behavior.

@carlew

As I've said, this law is ridiculous. The fact that it was upheld in state court twice doesn't mean that the law is any less ridiculous, it tells me that those who upheld it are just as ridiculous.

I'm guessing she thought it was ridiculous, too. However, it is the law and she faces the consequences of breaking that law.

As my husband said, "sweet for the guys!" She should be fired an hauled through divorce court but jail give me a break! When I was in high school all the guys would screw anything the had boobs and pulse so if she was willing to be of service and they were of age who cares.

For those saying if it was a man and he was having sex with 18 year old girls, go talk to your wife your sister or good female friends. Ask if there wasn't a teacher in high school that they wouldn't have given a ride or two to. I know I did and if they tell you no they are lying and those women who are saying no, you are full of s*$%!! Is it right no but would I blame the teacher hell no! There is big difference between consenting adults and an adult and a minor. Last time I checked you can vote at 18 why can't you choose who you have sex with??

Only in Texas...

... shoot and kill unarmed kids coming out of your neighbor's house... A-OK!!

... have consenting extra-marital sex with an adult... Two year per offense!!

Sometimes the law is an a$$ (Blackstone). This is a case of Texas morality that will execute a retarded person and send a woman to jail for having consensual adult sex outside of her marriage. The school connection might have some legitimacy - but making it a felony is way beyond reason. Texas needs to catch up to the 21st Century (maybe even the 20th).

L8N8 - your "male dog" persona (as you flatter yourself with) is probably one of the reasons we have so many kids growing up without fathers in the home. People like you (and like Dennis Rodman's father who had 29 kids with 16 women - isn't he the macho jerk??) go around having children with various women and think they are such studs. People like you are nothing more than rabbits going around having kids and hurting women. Then the kids grow up with no father and no financial support. And they grow up with no mother because the mother is off to work trying to support the children. Or, they grow up dependent on society to care for them because people like you think they are cool enough to have sex, but not cool enough to man up and support their own kids. So, no, I do not find your "male dog" persona amusing at all. Why don't you work in the school system for awhile and see all the harm your mentality causes children who grow up in homes with no fathers and no morals. Don't bother writing back because I am not going to read any more of your garbage.

OMG, she is HOT, HOT, HOT. Let her go you dumb neo-conservative ultra traditional right wing Texans. Five years is too much. Just give her 100 hours of community service and let her go.

Colleps should go to prison!

That her "victims" were at least age 18 does not make a difference. She was a teacher who had authority over these boys/young men. Some of these boys may still have been impressionable. Colleps was hired to teach and to be a good role model. She knew that improper sexual relations with her students was against the code of conduct. Her behavior is no less offensive than a doctor having sex with a patient or a lawyer have sex with a client.

JMcCranky

I take it, then, you're a true Christian. Nice job on that not judging people lest ye be judged.

JMcCanky,

You are selective in your bible quotes. The scriptures speak strongly against adultery.

1 Corinthians 6:18 "Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body."

The atheists are actually running to the bible?

Even by "Caesar's law," Colleps knew that her actions were wrong.

She should go to prison.

BLS-744646 Five years is too much.

Colleps is a pervert.

Five years is just about right. She will have plenty of time to think about her wrongful actions.

You are right and if it had of been a man teacher he would have got 5 years plus so if you are gonna do the crime then baby you better be ready to do the time is the way I look at it. She isn't the first and from the sounds of it most likely won't be the last. It all started with Mary K Laterano(sp) and then there is the one who was too pretty to go to jail as it would be like throwing meat to the dogs so she got probation and house arrest and with all of the other ones that have been in the news that woman is flat out stupid and she might even find a girlfriend in prison. Goes on all the time when they can't do without sex. Bubba in the mens joint and then there is big Bertha for the women. Having some young stuff isn't worth it cuz I like my freedom too much to risk doing anything that could cause me to lose it.

@25walker an impressionable 18 year old male? In this society? get real...

Methinks the gentleman doth protest too much.

Take that anyway you want.

Whatever happened to her in that one month of time when she deviated from what was probably a shining record until then, we may never know because the inner breakdowns of human personalities mean nothing to us unless it is our own. Five students in a month. Besides the regret that I had no teachers such as this woman who would have prepared me for life better than any other teacher I had previously had, in a state with one of the highest unwed pregnancy rates in America, why is this a crime? Was there undue influence? Coercion? Did it happen with one student and the rest were blackmail payments? We do not get the human side of the event, only the crazed sexual fear side that is the root of Tejas' actual complete disrespect for abstinence. Five years in prison for this poor woman will do more damage to the minds of the 5 young men (unless they are psychopaths) than any activities they shared with her. Having been a 'young man' I can state this with absolute certainty. This is just a twisted christian "stone them all" Taliban-type reaction that is completely criminal to our American sensibility. She has already been disgraced and lost her life's work. The prison time is just pathological abuse. I trust the person who knows her best and still stands beside her and mourns deeply her unnecessary punishment at the hands of fundamentalist a-holes: Her husband. To him I wish the strength to help her make it through and back home to her family where she belongs. American Taliban is all these Tejas whackos and their politicians really are and this kind of perversity and Waco are their pride. "Don't mess with Tejas", it's enough of a mess already.

If this were a male teacher having sex with female students he would have gotten a life sentence.

First of all, the court did not make a decision, a jury of her peers did. Second, she was a teacher, and she is a wife, and she is a mother... I don't know what her motivation was, neither do I care, the fact is she hurt a lot more than just herself. What kind of example was she to her children? What kind of example was she to impressionable young men who at the beginning of the school year weren't even considered men yet?

Young men are testosterone driven and need little, if any, encouragement as it is... Being seduced by a fairly attractive woman in authority over them is like putting a steak before a lion and saying "don't touch!" Right, and I'm Santa Claus's elf. SHE WAS A TEACHER! AND...SHE MET THESE YOUNG MEN AT SCHOOL! Not at some bar. What part of this are some of you missing? These "18" year olds are still kids, and are most likely living under their parent's roofs, not out making their own way as mature adults. As a teacher there is a moral obligation to uphold morality, and to do what you're being PAID to do...TEACH! As for you father's who would "high five" your sons, I wonder how you'll feel when it's your daughter these guys are gang banging? Huh? Maybe your sons should learn that it's not cool to allow out of control desires to rule their actions. If not taught moral restraint, someday there will likely be consequences for their actions. Unfortunately, in this case these boys are getting away with hurting a family, who has done nothing to deserve the hurt these boys have caused.

Finally, whoever said it's the state whose paying her salary, you're wrong. It's the taxpayers who are paying it...The parents of the community. As for jail, just more wasting of taxpayer's money. She is a sick woman and needs mental and spiritual counseling. No normal woman would act like this.

Most states have repealed their laws against adultery...However, I am sure there are still a few that have the laws on the books. The only place where adultery is still against the law and is enforced is in the military services. Adultery is a big no-no in the military I think mainly because it affects the moral and mental fitness of at least two service personel. Other than that adultery is not enforced in the US even if a state still has outdated laws.

Marylee-1583774

Agreed! There has been a string of sexually twisted teachers who are "bedding" their young students.

In this game of sleeping with the students, Mary K. Laterno threw the first well-publicized "pitch." It was absurd that one of the subsequent teacher female molesters was considered too cute to go to prison. When is this nonsense going to end? Parents send their children to school to academically learn, not to be sexually preyed upon.

Budster64

@25walker an impressionable 18 year old male? In this society? get real...Methinks the gentleman doth protest too much...

Budster64,

There are many activities that 18 year olds cannot engage in. An 18 year cannot buy alcoholic beverages, nor rent and drive a car, nor buy a home without a co-signer. Cellops was suppose to be wise and more mature than her students. She has proved herself to be unfit for teaching youth. She will considered a sexual offender for the rest of her life. It does not matter what you think. She has been sentenced to prison.

Marylee-1583774

Agreed! There has been a string of sexually twisted teachers who are "bedding" their young students.

In this game of sleeping with the students, Mary K. Laterno threw the first well-publicized "pitch." It was absurd that one of the subsequent teacher female molesters was considered too cute to go to prison. When is this nonsense going to end? Parents send their children to school to academically learn, not to be sexually preyed upon.

Budster64

@25walker an impressionable 18 year old male? In this society? get real...Methinks the gentleman doth protest too much. Take that anyway you want.

Budster64,

There are many activities that 18 years old cannot engage in. An 18 year cannot buy alcoholic beverages, nor rent and drive a car, nor buy a home without a co-signer. Cellops was suppose to be more wise and mature than her students. She has proved herself to be unfit for teaching youth. She will considered a sexual offender for the rest of her life.

It does not matter what you think. She has been sentenced to prison.

The interpretation that your statement leads one to conclude is that you are possibly a closet sexual predator or that you love "kinky" sex.

Marylee-1583774

Agreed! There has been a string of sexually twisted teachers who are "bedding" their young students.

In this game of sleeping with the students, Mary K. Laterno threw the first well-publicized "pitch." It was absurd that one of the subsequent teacher female molesters was considered too cute to go to prison. When is this nonsense going to end? Parents send their children to school to academically learn, not to be sexually preyed upon.

Budster64

@25walker an impressionable 18 year old male? In this society? get real...Methinks the gentleman doth protest too much...

Budster64,

There are many activities that 18 years old cannot engage in. An 18 year cannot buy alcoholic beverages, nor rent and drive a car, nor buy a home without a co-signer. Cellops was suppose to be more wise and mature than her students. She has proved herself to be unfit for teaching youth. She will considered a sexual offender for the rest of her life.

It does not matter what you think. She has been sentenced to prison.

Take that anyway you want.

Your statement leads one to conclude that you are possibly a closet sexual predator or that you love "kinky" sex.

The interpretation that your statement leads one to conclude is that you are possibly a closet sexual predator or that you love "kinky" sex.

...the system duplicated the posts.

@25Walker

Her behavior is no less offensive than a doctor having sex with a patient or a lawyer have sex with a client.

If behaving offensively were a crime half of the people posting on the Vine would be locked up including you.

....Simple..... if you dont have it going on like exteacher DEBRA LAFAVE..... dont mess with the students. Less then 10 in looks wont get you a get out of jail free card with the judge.

A lot of you guys are confused about the concept of consent. There is no legal consent, even if everyone is an adult, if one party has a position of power over the other. A secretary can't legally consent to have sex with her boss, etc. This makes sense if you think about it -- you can never trust the "consent" because there is always the potential for repercussions if the person in power doesn't get what they want. If this chick wanted to bang young guys she didn't have to go after her students (at least while they were still under her power). She had power to affect their grades, college applications, etc. They couldn't consent. Furthermore, you simply don't want schools to be meat markets for teachers -- it is certainly sick to think of of teachers surveying a new class and picking out students that she's going to try to target. This wasn't even a case like LaTourneau where at least it seems she actually fell in love or something -- this was just a serial predator who probably got a thrill at multiple levels.

Anyway, there was no consent. The guys were raped whether they said "okay" or liked it, because they could not say no.

Oh... She is happy.. She got five little boys who could only wish to be the "Knot" in her canal!

They had fun and she had the lady's fun of the Little Boys!!

Women in this society do what they want. That's all they've done with me! They expect men to fall for their ways, and most times, they do..

They get their way and they are all chasing the same goal. Make men your inferior and make them work for you the rest of their lives!

seems like everyone is forgetting, there is also ADULTERY involved in this.

which is none of the states damned business or yours, its between the wife and her husband

JulianAb, there are no laws prohibiting sex with secretaries, coworkers, pool boys or hired help of consenting age. If there was, Republican leadership would be practically non- existent. Think Gingrich! An act like this may be grounds for dismissal for violating company policy at some businesses and government institutions. Such laws as this one are clearly unconstitutional.

Those pompous hypocritical leaders fighting abortion, contraception and gay rights simultaneously have obviously only one goal in mind. A war on sex except when it is practiced as a dull marital chore for procreation according to their personal interpretation of their religion.

I feel sorry that they have constant warring demons in their souls that prevent them from enjoying the God-given joy of sexual climax. I am reminded of an aunt during my childhood that was the mother of four of my favorite cousins (must have been immaculate conception all four times). They lived close by and we visited each other's homes often. Her picture is in the dictionary accompanying the definition of the word "Prude". Any word or phrase that could even slightly refer to sex was forbidden. Boxers or briefs? Never mention it in her presence or she would go into a raging frenzy.

I think she loved animals much more than people (at least until she caught her pets having sex). She ordered this cute little monkey off an ad, much to our delight. I walked over one day to visit my cousins and especially the monkey. I walked into the living room to find my cousins intensely involved in watching "The Three Stooges" on television. I looked around to find the monkey and finally spied him on top of the curtains furiously pleasuring himself. This excited 11 year old boy blurted out, "Hey guys, look!. Jasper's je*king off!".

My Aunt Evelyn came stomping from the kitchen faster than a speeding bullet (Yeah, we faithfully watched the old black and white television version of "Superman" too). She glared at me and then at poor Jasper( who hadn't yet missed a lick). She turned to me on her heel and smacked me smartly across the face. My last memories of Aunt Evelyn are the sounds of the screen door slamming (after my hasty exit) and her shrieking words, " Get out of my house and don't ever come back!".

I met my cousins at school the following Monday. We nervously made small talk until I asked about Jasper in genuine concern. They lowered their heads and mumbled that he had run away. Fifty years later, I still wonder where the witch hid that tiny body.

On a much more serious note, I'll be surprised if the case in this article does not go to the Texas Supreme Court and then the United States Supreme Court. I can understand the teacher being dismissed from the school for violating school policy. Imprisoning a citizen for participating in a sexual act with another consenting adult places this country on a very slippery slope. I'm hoping that it does not stand and willing to help in any way to assure that it does not stand.

Well, young guys these days will F*ck anything.

Seems to me that I have read about many cases of Grown Women Teachers having sex with 5th and 6th grade boys. Now, granted, "these boys" were 18, but still in the K-12 system. The message here, is that teachers are NOT TO HAVE SEX WITH STUDENTS in the K-12 system. Now, a contract is a contract and every damn teacher signs a contract, and that contract states that a teacher is NOT TO HAVE SEX with students -- is that so hard to understand? Most people are legally bound by contracts -- I am, you are, and so are all people (even a driver's license is a contract). So your arguments about age are moot...period, a contract is a contract is a contract -- that is how our legal system works...

"I guess that school didn't teach abstinence."

Haha. Where were these teachers when I was in school? They would not have been "snitched" on.

Just kidding. It's a tragedy, etc. I know

She WHiTE, She should not be in jail unless those boys was kneegraws, thenlocker up 'n throw away the key

She knew the rules. It's her own stupid fault.

Bandit: Not just young guys and not just these days. lol Are you a chick? What do you look like? I'm 61 but feel frisky most days.

they are over 18. Thats what you get for living in Texas

Backcountry164

25walker: Her behavior is no less offensive than a doctor having sex with a patient or a lawyer have sex with a client.

Backcountry, you do not have a legal or moral point.

no less offensive

About the offensiveness and debasement of Cellops behavior, ask the judge and the boys' parents.

no less offensive than a doctor having sex with a patient

How sick.

Would you want a doctor sexually preying upon your daughter or son? No!

or a lawyer have sex with a client.

Would you want a lawyer sexually preying upon your wife or girlfriend? No!

Seriously and criminally, Cellops violated the rules. Deservedly, by a judge, she is sentenced to prison.

In these sordid cases, this is one of the few times that the system worked. You should be applauding.

Because of your own "kinky" points of view, you are grieving for this sexual offender.

You should be locked up too.

If they were her students then it's a clear case of sexual harassment, but jail time for what is typically a civil matter?

It's a sad day for personal freedom lovers in Texas. Big Brother Perry is watching you.

Hmmm, this is a dilemma. First...if that were my son, I would have slapped that heifer back to 1972.

Secondly...18 yr old boys (and yes, they are still boys) will slip that pee pee into anything that twitches and she should have known better. You are a teacher and you KNOW what is right or wrong and clearly this was wrong. She needs to have her head examined but do I think she should be labelled a sex offender? No. They are 18 and as someone mentioned above...they are ok to send to war but not get some nookie from an older woman? Eh, not so much. Now, with being said...would the court of public opinion give the same verdict if this had been a male teacher with 18 year old girls? Maybe...maybe not and there is a clear double standard.

My personal opinion is that she has some SERIOUS issues, should lose her job (after all it IS defined in the law) but jail...eh, I don't think so.

She and her husband are swingers, he was OK with what she was doing.

but jail time for what is typically a civil matter?

Her behavior was criminal. Thus, the prison time.

She'll have a taste for carpet by the time she gets out of jail.

Well, there's five boys(?) that will need extensive (taxpayer funded) therapy to get those smirks and smiles off their faces.

Parents, teach your children well, (even if you have no morals) She compromised the position of teaching and all teachers and students (especially fellow classmates) should be outraged at her conduct and glad she is not teaching. Teacher paid with state $$ wages.

If I were a fellow classmate with a goal to attend top University and become a doctor, lawyer, dentist, etc. I would be pissed at the fellow classmate asking for no sentence. How can you trust any grade she ever handed out, after boinking 5 of her students? Was the Orgasm worth it... for both teacher and students?

Is this an Islamic country or what? Why not go ahead and stone her to death. The sentence does not fit the crime. She should be fired and given community service but jail time is over the top. To think we critised Russia for the punishment dished out to Pussy Riot...oops...sorry, I said the 'P' word in Puritan America. :(

@Z-933870

WTF? These were not kids. These were adults (by law) that she had sex with.

Do you remember when you were 18 years old? Did you know any better than now, or do you feel you knew everything (although you really didn't). The problem here is not so much about age, but about a power-imbalanced relationship. A 28 year old who's in care of an 18 year old (yes, kids cause they probably didn't even have a job, much less support anyone on their own). Power-unbalanced relationships can be very toxic to the more vulnerable partner, for example at work, supervisors are usually not allowed to date their direct subordinates although they might be two adults. In this case, the employer of this "supervisor" is the state, and the state has an obligation to the tax payer's to uphold the law, and promote trust in the system. How much safe as a parent would you feel about sending your 18 years old daughter to be sexually harassed by a teacher who's supposed to be teaching, not sending pictures of his genitalia to his students? How would you feel if your 18 year's old cherry is popped on the day after he/she turns 18 by "the coach" because that information was available in the school system, therefore "the coach" using school's property would target those students "ripe" for the taking. Who's to say, a lenient punishment won't encourage more teachers to start thinking about having sex with their students, rather than act professionally and protect those student's who are under their tutelage.

2 years minimum per charge? That's not justice, it shouldn't even be against the law. I'd say that's enough to lose her job, but seriously? 10 years in prison for sleeping with adults?

That's what the law says... don't like it? Then become politically active to change it. The judge can only uphold it to the best of his ability as long as it isn't unconstitutional.

Is Texas the Afghanistan of America?

If this had happened in Afghanistan, she probably would have been taken out on the streets and stoned to death without a trial. There's no comparison.

@Bobby-593508

seems like everyone is forgetting, there is also ADULTERY involved in this.

What the hell does adultery have anything to do with the charges? Stop using your double standard-morality to cloud a clear-cut case of a state employee breaking the trust of those accountable to, the parents and students they are supposed to protect.

@gtouch

I guess that school didn't teach abstinence.

Abstinence is a myth created by religious nuts like George Bush to avoid the real problem... Kids are gonna have sex in school regardless... even sometimes with adults who ought to know better.

Her behavior was criminal. Thus, the prison time

Only because she's living in a repressive regime that regulates the private behavior of consenting adults. Texans who love freedom should weep.

L8N8,

I have to disagree with you. It's a public school paid for by state tax dollars. It is the state's business.

Only because she's living in a repressive regime that regulates the private behavior of consenting adults. Texans who love freedom should weep

From the 50 United States, please name the states where it is legal for teachers to have sex with their students.

Plenty of them, 25Walker. For instance, in March of this year: The Arkansas Supreme Court struck down the state's law banning sexual contact between teachers and students, finding that people 18 or older have a constitutional right to engage in a consensual sexual relationship. These Justices understood a point here that so many of you missed; it's not just about the teacher here, it's about the students rights, and making sex illegal and forcing to testify against the woman with whom they had consensexual sex, the state of Texas crushed their rights as adults.

25walker,

from what i can see Texas may be the only state where it is illegal for a teacher to have sex with a student who is of age. I admit i didn't check all the states on this list but spot checked many. I think Texas has it wrong. Jail for consensual sex with an adult should never result in jail time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_America#New_Hampshire

@25Walker

Her behavior is illegal in Texas, but it shouldn't be. Since these boys were of age, this is a matter for the school to deal with, not the courts. And if I may add to the two comments above, I believe California allows for sex between teacher and student as long as they are both of legal age. The problems with that are not for the courts to deal with.

Kim-il, is that you? We thought you were dead.

ericstrong

Plenty of them...

ericstrong,

By state, laws about students and teacher having sex can varying.

What you are failing to realize is that even if a student is age 18 or older, many states take into consideration the age variance of the student and the teacher. In terms of legality, many states have an age variance of 2-4 years. Cellops is older than her victims by 10 years. She signed a contract in which she agreed to a Code of Conduct and a standard of morality. She violated both. Because many students are victims of unwanted sexual harassment, many states are now moving to criminalize inappropriate, sexual relationships between students and teachers. Illinois, Connecticut, Michigan and North Carolina are just 4 states that have legislated or are in the process of legislating criminalizing such "trysts."

Importantly, the Washington Education Association has a directive that states: "Regardless of age, The Teachers' Code of Conduct prohibits sex between students and teachers."

Cellops bedded 5 students.

She is repulsive.

In her sexual escapades with these young males, she was thinking only of her own sexual needs.

She has earned "her keep" in a prison cell!

Hasn't this woman ever heard of BOB(Battery Operated Boyfriend)?

I'm thinking if I was one of those students I'd be trying to break her out now. I would think that at 18 yrs. of age they should know what they were doing too and if they don't want to press charges then I say they don't have too and sure being suspended from teaching is one thing, but prison? Well texas is a republican state and if it was up to them they would be inside your bedroom and its lucky for this lady they can't do what they would really like to do, put her in front of a firing squad?

Did she grade on a curve?

These kids were all 18. No crime committed. She needs to be released immediately and reimbursed whatever she had to pay for her defense. She'll probably have to find a new job though.

What she did was highly inappropriate & at most she should've gotten fired but serving time in prison??? I find the law that she "broke" to be questionable and ridiculous. Her only crime is falling into a trap that the state of Texas has implemented in order to incarcerate more people. As of now, she's considered a commodity as Forth Worth is desperate to keep their prisons full-she is not going to be released any time soon. She's worth more in prison than free.

You really needed to pay more attention in school instead of fantasizing about your teachers. Victems? Appeas? fols?

Skipper, I agree. THey were 18 years old after all. It was unethical, but years in prison - no. I am suprised at the possble sentence of anything from 2 - 20 years.

Skipper- did you go to school??If you can't spell you shouldn't post! Please these are basic words nothing difficult or unusual..VICTAMS???FOLS?? Seems you slept through spelling class and don't know how to use spell check, why not take on that challenge and learn that today....

Texas will most likely kill her for this. The good Christens don't there don't think twice about killing someone. The boys here are hero's for banging her. I think far is far, they should be tried too. Its of like when a man pays for sex. He broke the law, but they only arrest the hooker. The John's get told your a bad boy.

An 18 year old boy getting laid is not a victim.

It's called getting lucky. I'm surprised any of them are pressing charges.

If men teachers have to keep their flies zipped then so do female teachers. Equal rights doesn't just mean the beneficial stuff. You take the good you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the facts of life.

Read TEXAS LAW:

It is illegal for a Teacher to have SEX with students even if the student is an Adult. PERIOD.

THAT'S the law, so she is guilty=Prison time.

Then lets change the teacher from a Women to a guy who had sex with several female students even of age and you possibly would be the first to say he used his position to seduce them and would be screaming to have his *** sent to prison for it.

Law is but a heathen word for power. There is no victim here and a prosecution is plain BS. Screw Texas.

Marilyn, guess you didn't know that multiple question marks is poor punctuation.

Guess that's OK when attacking someone though, correct?

Seems you slept through spelling class and don't know how to use spell check, why not take on that challenge and learn that today....

This is also poor sentence structure. This should be two sentences, not one.

Your glass house must have a lot of broken windows in it.

They are not vicitms, but you can't have hobags teaching highschool students - and that is the bottom line. It is not okay for 18 yr old highschool students to be banging their teachers. The teacher has the power so the teacher is the one that has to say no.

That being said, I can only assume that she is a hobag based on the guilty verdict. If they somehow fabricated the story and the video, I can only assume her attorneys would have been able to prove that.

I do not understand how the teacher gets punishment, but the students do not. That is not right.

-Lord Jesus Christ still loves and eternally saves from sins.

@Sane Central

It's called getting lucky. I'm surprised any of them are pressing charges.

None of them are pressing charges, the state did.

who give a dam about sentence structure and spelling. you sound like a frustrated old bitty of a teacher yourself.

So if a 40 year-old teacher has a class of 30 year-olds in Texas........

Don't say it can't happen.....some people who live there cannot possibly have gradutated from high school in less than 30 years. Have you ever heard them talk? They can barely quote the Bible while they're executing someone.

Something tells me that if the teacher was male and the students were all female, those here who are defending the teacher would be screaming for his blood.

I guess I'm showing some gender bias, which normally I hate, but a married mother having sex with 5 students tells me she needs serious counseling more than prison time. If the student, either gender, shows he/she was manipulated or coerced or in any way wronged for it, then prison time would be needed along with counseling. But if the adult "victims" do not feel they were victimized at all then what is jail going to do. However, in any case they should not be teaching any longer and should go through mandatory counseling.

Again, I can't believe I am saying this, but kudos to Texas for having that law in place. Every state should have it. I just think sometimes prison isn't the answer.

Texas law, California law, any law.....any seniors in high school that willingly visted her home ARE NOT VICTIMS. They are doing exactly what many young guys would do. They were willing particpants and most likely considered themselves studs. Bragging rights. She may be the horniest woman on the planet, so what? She could not force them to have sex with her, no way. Is it right? No, only because of Texas law...those English students will get movie contracts.

While she should be in trouble for screwing them, but I hardly call them victims since they are 18 yo. Yes she is wrong and she should be in trouble. What troubles me is that I wonder if she was cute or beautiful if she would be going to jail.

@Michael-412302

Something tells me that if the teacher was male and the students were all female, those here who are defending the teacher would be screaming for his blood.

And something tells me you see whatever you want to see whenever you want to see it.

These boys are 18 therefore legal adults. Yes I do think it is wrong, no I wouldn't want my kids to do this or have happen to them, and I understand the law says its not legal since she is a teacher; this is regardless of if it was a man or women. However, 2-20 yrs for a legal age adult, sorry but no. Only if it was a case of rape which is the only way they could be victims, though pretty sure that is not the case here. Otherwise maybe some short jail time, fine, and can't teach anymore (in Texas anyways since it's a state issue). If she wasn't a teacher we wouldn't be hearing about this. As for the young men, they are 18 and technically they broke the law too, I think they need to have some punishment as well. Fair is fair.

It is time

Let me clarify, only because they are legal adults do I think counseling would be more appropriate in this case. If any student, male or female, were under the legal age then prison time is absolutely necessary.

Why is everyone on this site so jealous of Texas. Get off our a$$. Just because we take care of business and actually follow the law unlike obama,doesn't mean y'all have to be so disrespectful for our state.

"Its of like when a man pays for sex. He broke the law, but they only arrest the hooker."

I don't know where U live, but here-when they set up stings-they're only going after the tricks not the 'hoes. I guess the cops don't wanna arrest their own mothers & sisters.

Sad, I know.

NYMike, you made some excellent points. I don't understand why Marilyn and William made such an issue over Skipper's spelling. I have seen a lot worse.

I do agree with Skipper's sentiment, though. Even two years seems awfully harsh to me considering the circumstances. I do think she should lose her teaching certificate and that jail time is reasonable, but no more than a year in the county jail. Everyone was a consenting adult, but she did violate the trust that the public should be able to have in teachers.

Puting her in jail for an extended period of time will only cause more harm than good. She is a mom (and wife) who is in serious need of help. I hope she gets it.

For those of you who tend to think that all Christians are alike, I want you to know that I am a Christian, and a public school teacher.

what does she need counseling for ? She is just a freak. Nothing wrong with that.

She should get fired but nothing more.

Texas will most likely kill her for this. The good Christens don't there don't think twice about killing someone. The boys here are hero's for banging her. I think far is far, they should be tried too. Its of like when a man pays for sex. He broke the law, but they only arrest the hooker. The John's get told your a bad boy.

Nah. In Texas, this offense is just a Life Sentence.

However -- if she was having gay sex with a female student, THEN they would kill her in Texas.

Sane Central - the article said that at least 2 of the guys did not want to press charges.

MarilynMD - checking spelling and grammar, that that really the only thing you took from all this? What does that have anything to do with the article? Let's try and focus here....

As many have already stated, these guys were of legal age. I understand the laws of Texas about Student/teacher relations. So revoke her teaching license, give probation or slap her with a fine. Some want to argue what she did was wrong because she was married and that these were students. Fact of the matter is, sex happens and they were not minors. 2 - 20 years in prison per charge is a bit excessive.

No I'm pretty sure if the genders were reversed I'd still feel the same way. This should not be a crime. When you're 18, you're an adult free to sleep with whoever you want. But I have a hypothetical situation for you guys. What if it was an 18 year old teacher and a 30 year old student. Guess what, the 18 year old goes to prison. Or how about this: A 17 year old teacher and 30 year old student. Do they both go to jail? This law is so wrong.

One question that i would like answered.... is why isn't anybody in an uproar about the fact that five of these so called children in high school were 18? You know in a time not so long in the past an 18 year old high school student was nothing to brag about. If you hadn't graduated high school by then well...you were either a career disciplinary problem,a regular attendance truent or just an outright lazy SOB,or dumb as a post and should have been a routine candidate for the short bus program. I have a hard time believing that what were once reasonable standards and expectations of studious performance have fallen so far below the mark in just over 30 some odd years. I know they have...but Jesus Christ! Five of them were 18? and still lounging around in some home room leering at pre pubescent girls just a couple of grades their juniors? I'm not defending her honor...but i'm far more inclined to see the criminality of such complete and unabashed acceptance of fervernt mediocrity! It's just GD ridiculous to be sitting here discussing proffesional misconduct and "percieved" child abuse when the entire under achieving lot of them were old enough to be dodging bullets overseas with men of true worth,or at least worrying about ponying up their second year college tuition fee's! So condemn her for what she is,but come on people... let's face the brutal facts here....this entire situation is stemmed from complete and utter failure!

Leatherneck918

What do the Texas laws say about illegal immigration?

Are those laws enforced?

just goes to show women are just as bad as men.

@leatherneck918

Yes, that is the Texas law. It is also stupid and should be changed.

An absolute travesty of justice from a RED NECK state. These so called children where of legal age and she had a right to do as she saw fit. It was between her , her husband AND HER LORD.

5 years for having consensual sex with people that are the age of consent??

Bill Janklow, a former governor of South Dakota received 100 days in jail for KILLING a motorcyclist by running a stop sign... What a messed up legal system we have!

Yeah... she broke the law, but I would definitely say that's excessive punishment.

Hunt-797031, You don't know much about Texas. They purposely withhold education from their football players. Hell, they might graduate and leave the team. Most of their 18 yr. olds are still playing on the freshman teams.

My oldest son played high school football in Florida. My wife and I supported his athletic dreams(as long as his grades didn't suffer) and attended many of his games. One of his home games remain forever etched in my memory. The visiting team (in our conference) was from a small town 50 miles inland. Cattle country as far as the eye could see.

I watched as they stepped off their bus. These guys were huge. I have seen younger players competing in the NFL draft. I taped the game from the bleachers. Our buff teen-age high school players looked like 10 yr. old Peewee football players defending against the professional New York Giants. Our guys never once flinched. They proudly lined up on that field and proceeded to get their butts handed to them with the physical beating of their young lives.

My son barely managed to crawl into the backseat after the game. I heard him murmur something like, "We'll get 'em next year, Dad", just before I heard his snores of exhaustion. How old do these guys have to get before they are finally kicked out of public high school?

Does the teacher still go to prison if she has sexual relations with a student 5 years older than her?

The rules of the school system are NO SEX with students..regardless of their age.

It's no different than a college professor having an affair with a student. That's not allowed either, although the student would be of age.

People need to learn to follow the rules, not disobey them and then try to justify them because they don't like them. If you don't like the rules, find someplay else to work

Hunt:

It varies from school to school but in general kids born in late fall often turn 18 during their senior year.

So all of you saying the students should be punished...when a female student willingly sleeps with a male teacher she should also be punished right. By what you are saying she also broke the law. To take it further if a 17 year old female sleeps with her teacher she should be punished because she helped break the law right? Never mind the fact she was 17...she new the law and willingly participated and broke it as well.

Point is the Texas law is plain to read...the teacher knew it and decided to ignore it. The students are not responsible in any way under the law as written. It just amazes me how when something like this happens it is always the mans fault no matter what the situation is.

I can agree 20 years seems a bit insane but 2 years seems realistic to me as a parent.She chose to do it with five different kids even knowing the law so if she gets ten years so be it...it was her choice...she was willing to take the risk and should pay the price.

Many of you screaming how unfair this is are probably also the ones who scream about the illegals in our country and how they ignore our laws...well what harm do many of them really cause? You can't just pick and choose what laws you want to follow and obey. You can try to get them changed but they need to be followed while they are there.

Thank you "common sense" and no pun intended ,but that makes perfect sense to me. Not perfect "justifiable" sense mind you...but it still falls right in line with all the other predjudicial actions and treatments heaped upon a bunch of guys ,who can chunk a ball through a hoop and carry a "skinned shoate" under their arms 100 yards downfield in less than 12 seconds. Idolizing some physical ability to the exclusion of their and others education and well being is the "American dream"! Oh well so much for the potential academics of the world...who needs cures for cancer or spinal menengitis when we can just shuffle all the weeping and diseased souls into an arena so they can watch a bunch of over paid,under intelligent Gorrillas smash into eachother and not have to think about their plights for an hour or so? Makes good sense to me! LOL.

Sane Central An 18 year old boy getting laid is not a victim. It's called getting lucky.

Well, that's a tricky one there... If this was a male teacher and he'd had sex with grade 12 girls (even if they were all 18+) we might feel differently. We'd then be concerned about if the girls were truly willing participants, or were the girls worried about their marks? Even if the girls smiled and said 'yes', did they feel pressured or feel trapped - and what did it do to their emotional state and they self-worth and their psyche after the fact? Would it compromise their education and jeopardize their future, or would it benefit their education at the expense of some other student? It's not just as simple as 'getting lucky' in all situations.

In cases like this, I think the issue is: was the teacher & students just all mutually consenting sex-partners, or were the kids trying to make sure they graduate? Can any teacher (could you or I?) have sex with an 18 year old student, and then could we truly treat them fairly the next day, and treat them 100% the same as any other student? What if the sex relationship beaks down, what happens to the marks and the learning and the whole education of the student in that case?

So, I don't think that the Administration and the State of Texas are necessarily just a bunch of prudes when they made these laws. Perhaps they are... but I believe they were probably were thinking about the whole vast complexity of the situation.

Don't get me wrong - I think 5 years is WAY out of scope, especially when we have rapists, child molesters, and kiddie-porn guys getting less than that. Also - I'm NOT a prude by any means - I had a teacher that I certainly wouldn't have minded some private tutoring from when I was 18! :)

However, I'm am saying that sex between 18+'s isn't always just simply sex. There are many cases where it's illegal to have sex, and the laws and penalties aren't always just about the sex, they are often about trying to avoid the complications, and conflicts of interest that arise.

For example, we certainly don't want our adult Judges or Sheriffs to have sex with adult lawyers or prosecutors or with adult defendants or prisoners, do we? Even if everyone is 18+ and if everyone was consenting in this case, the rules were there to try to prevent abuse, and coercion, and sexual harassment, and favoritism, and retaliation, and all the things can can arise from sexual relationships between people in positions of trust and authority.

@Janine

In this case, it is not the same as a college professor having sex with a student, despite the fact that they are both of age. A college professor having sex with a student is not illegal. Unethical? Sure. Illegal? No. But for some reason, and despite the fact that these boys were of legal age, this woman did something illegal. This shouldn't be a matter for the courts.

Hunt, the law in Texas says a child has to be 5 years old by September 1st to start kindergarten. That means if their birthday is September 2nd or after that date, they will be turning 6 years old just a couple weeks after starting kindergarten which means the vast majority of seniors in high school are 18 years old when they graduate. All states have similar laws, the dates might be different by a week or two.

Where did you get that high school grads are 17 years old?

What if it was a guy teacher that slept with his senior high school girls? I bet you that the parents of the girls would be a bit hotter than "well, she's 18 and can choose for herself".

Granted the Sandusky type is the lowest form of life, but at a minimum you are looking at an inappropriate situation in the workplace. So you give the kids grades, not a problem with sexual harassment? There is plenty of implied "don't you dare tell" in that kind of relationship.

Funny that when people don't like a law they say "screw it" but when they agree with a law, they say THAT'S THE LAW YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW IT. Double standards don't make any sense. You can't pick and choose because you like it or not. The legal system in the country doesn't work that way.

You're right, Shelly. If the teacher was found not guilty, a lot of these folks would be pointing fingers at the teachers' unions and blaming them for her aquittal while playing the "those poor kids" victim card. But now that she's been found guilty they want to defend her despite the fact she committed adultery and violated the Texas law regarding teacher-student relationships. Sorry but you can't have it both ways; you either give teachers the freedom to have sex with their students, or you forbid it and enforce the law without prejudice or exception.

We were just talking about this men vs women having sex with students the other day. I do think that most of the time women get off easier for the same crime. You know adult teacher having sex with minor students. In this instance I don't see the crime weather it was a man or women. All of the alleged victims were at least 18. So there was a violation of student teacher conduct ok deal with that. Fire her but prison for this? Just one more reason Texas sucks.

"What if it was a guy teacher that slept with his senior high school girls?"

Don't ya just love double-standards, dawg? (sarcasm)

"I do think that most of the time women get off easier"

(snicker) Leave it alone; Just leave it alone.

@ Micheal; Adultery is not a crime. She should have been fired not prosecuted,sex between consenting adults.You can bet your ass the 18year olds are still bragging about banging the teacher.

LOL @ U for being a 12 year old.

Corybud - quit picking on Texas, Austin is one of my favorite cities. There are many other states with similar legislation - Virginia, Minnesota, Washington and Kansas to name just a few.

when you put it like that - yes.

I'm with you and the bucket. Throw the other five in with her for good cause.

You seem like a lot of fun.

Love the Picture Mike.

Marilyn, you are right about the Husband ... it's time to go, and go far away from her. but "Protect kids", really ????? These 18 year old Hormone Machines ARE NOT VICTIMS !!!! Infact, You could say they won a lottery of sorts, I mean it's not everyday a boy gets to have intercourse w/his teacher. It's a childhood fantasy for most boys (depending on the physicality of the teacher of course).

This is ridiculous, they were not underage, she did not force them. She did committ adultery. Wait this is America but we are treating her like other countries. Instead of prision lets just stone her to death! WTF is wrong with this country!!!! Texas must be a proud state! Lock up the legal and let the illegal child moslesters run the streets! Everyday, things change who we really are and that is not free as we thought! Next, is Marshall Law, its coming!

Takes one to know one, pig whore.

Sorry debbie but you can't have it both ways. You either allow teachers to have sex with their students or you outlaw it and enforce the law. The law's the law and you don't have to agree with it but only abide by it. Something tells me that if the law wasn't in the books and she had sex with these kids, some parents would be screaming bloody murder and pushing for the law to be passed.

Maryilyn;

I think you left out the A in your name..plus I loves pig whores without them we only have borig azz outraged bishys...

They were not children - they were 18. This was consensual sex between adults. Only a backward place like Christian Texas would consider this a crime.

gimli420: They were not children - they were 18. This was consensual sex between adults. Only a backward place like Christian Texas would consider this a crime.

Well, this is much more complicated than that, and it's not just something you can spin into being just about Christians or just about Texans. For the record, I'm neither Christian or Texan. ;)

It's about having a law to try to protect people who are under the authority of other people, even if they are all 'consenting' and all 18+. There are laws like this, not just in Texas, but all across the USA and Canada - and the point of the laws are not just to prevent 'unmarried folk from having sex' or anything prudish or 'Christian' - the point of these laws are to try to protect people from become victims of coercion by someone who is in a position of trust and authority.

If there wasn't laws like this, then sooner or later, there would be students (18+) who would end up feeling pressured or trapped or coerced into sex. Even if they smiled and said yes and even if they fooled themselves into thinking it was OK at the time, it would (for someone, sooner or later) be a horrible, horrible thing. Some teacher would give better or worse marks, or would show favoritism, or would ignore the education of other students. Or the situation would become reversed, and perhaps the pretty 18 yr old female student would start shirking their homework, and when the 45-year-old-sex-partner-teacher tells the 18-yr-old-student to work harder or it'll be reflected in their marks, the female student tells the teacher she's going to get an 'A' or else! It's a very complicated issue with 100's of ways it can play out, most of them bad. It's a minefield, and I think that's why they have laws making it a crime.

For the record, when we have rapists and child molesters and kiddie-porn pervs getting less punishment than this, I do think that the punishment doesn't fit the crime here. However, this also isn't as simple as ''they were all 18+, so it's not a crime" and it's not as simple as just "Texan/Christians" on an anti-sex campaign.

@ToddC

Contrary to what some people think, consent simply is just a matter of saying "yes" and meaning it. If it is a situation of coercion, then you have to claim it and prove it. When people say "yes", we assume that they mean it, and that cases of force or coercion are cases that deviate from the norm. We don't assume that every time somebody says "yes" that they are actually being forced into it and we have to actually prove that they meant it.

USA. The Land of the hypocrite. The student were adults. It was voluntarily. Nobody got sick. Who the F should care about the rest?

People cheat all the time. Even a POTUS does it. What the F is this Land of the """FREE""" really? A bunch of reli-nuts???

What about the husband? He should find another wife. She is not his. She will find someone else. And so should he. A woman he can trust. Period.

5 years is insane for doing something human.

USA is as backward as the Taliban.

How do you know the kid's (or some of them) were black ???

RackNStack, sounds like you're fantasizing again.

:P Straight from the horses mouth.

Don't mention the race PUNK, the mayoritui/minority in Texas is hispanics/mexicans get it ?

Since she let them videotape it, I'm guessing that discretion wasn't high on her priority list.

Where were the teachers like this when I went to school, I mean really it would have prevented a lot of self abuse. Just saying.

I'm with JOE .... If one of my teachers (who were attractive) back in High School gave me some tail, I damn sure would'nt be testifying against her in a court of Law .... THAT'S GRATIDUDE FOR YOU!

I used to DREAM about getting laid w/some of my teachers back then. These little ingratful punks !!!!

@AMERICAN BROTHER

I'm with JOE .... If one of my teachers (who were attractive) back in High School gave me some tail, I damn sure would'nt be testifying against her in a court of Law .... THAT'S GRATIDUDE FOR YOU!

I used to DREAM about getting laid w/some of my teachers back then. These little ingratful punks !!!!

Look up the meaning of the word "Subpoena" before you get pissed at these kids for doing anything.

They would have had to lock me up before I would have ratted out the teacher I fantasized about in high school.

They would have had to lock me up before I would have ratted out the teacher I fantasized about in high school

Hell ya

Look up the meaning of the word "Subpoena" before you get pissed at these kids for doing anything.

There's a question of right and wrong. The punishment does not fit the crime. I don't even believe there is a crime here. Therefore, I would not testify, because it is wrong. They could charge me with obstruction of justice or whatever if they wanted. I wouldn't be party to this injustice.

@Z-933870

There's a question of right and wrong. The punishment does not fit the crime. I don't even believe there is a crime here. Therefore, I would not testify, because it is wrong. They could charge me with obstruction of justice or whatever if they wanted. I wouldn't be party to this injustice.

I'm going to go out on a limb and assume you're not an 18 year old boy. I wonder if you'd have been so bold when you were and didn't have a clue about anything let alone right and wrong. Taking a video of themselves having a gang bang with their teacher would suggest they aren't too keen on the subject.

not in texas it isnt.

Actually, the age of consent in Texas is 17. Check it out here (I looked it up and it lists for every state and yes I note the sub note on that as well): #Texas

They were students. It's funny that I'm an independent voter who's a moderate on social and political issues but I have to agree with the conservatives on this one, and don't understand why the liberals want to take a "What's wrong with doing what makes you feel good?" attitude when it's clearly a violation of the law. If they weren't in school it wouldn't have been a big deal. The reason why they have this law is to prevent teachers from using their influence to get sexual favors from students. For example; an 18-year-old high school senior is failing a class and in danger of not graduating, and a teacher pressures them into having sex in exchange for giving them a passing grade, and the student lies and says it was consensual in order to hide the truth. It's happened before, which is why the law exists. The best way to enforce the law is to enforce it across the board without exception or prejudice. If I found out a teacher coerced my 18-year-old daughter into having sex out of fear of failing a class and not graduating, I would be pissed and so would you.

My senior year, I was failing middle of the year...where was my teacher pressuring me to have sex with them so I would pass and graduate? It doesn't happen everywhere and it's up to the parents to be able to teach their kids to distinguish between what's right and wrong. Now don't get me wrong and twist what I say here, I am a parent and we can't hold their hands all the time. We all make mistakes. If either of my kids make a poor decision after they turn 18, that's their issue, not mine. They are my responsibility until they turn 18. After that, they're on their own. Yeah, I would be upset if at 18 my daughter (or son, I have both) made that decision, but THEY ARE 18. All you can do as a parent is hope that you raise them right until they are 18. Now here's to an argument. I had just posted for reference, not to start an argument. That's great they have the law, congrats to Texas for enforcing it, but all I was saying was that the age of consent in Texas was 17.

Michael, if you think these guys were being coerced in any way....I don't know what to say. I was propositioned by a teacher when I was in high school and turned her down, only because I had a girlfriend however and think "cheating" is wrong. The teacher in my case wasn't married.

If there was any coercion here it was by the students.

@Michael

The law in Texas is stupid and needs to be changed. These were consenting adults. At this point, it's shouldn't be a legal issue, just a matter of how the school wants to deal with her.

A minor is someone under the age of 21. She abused her position of trust, so she sould go to prison. Sex ed was not her responsibility or course to teach, but I suppose she thought she could help her students cram for a final or something.

A minor is someone under the age of 18, not 21.

The punishment does NOT fit the crime. Life in prison (5 years per event) seems sort of ridiculous - she probably had some immature fantasy... maybe too much porn watching.

It will be difficult for the kids. After she is released from jail what parent is going to let thier teenage son go over and hang out at Colleps house? I know I for one wouldn't want my teenage son anywhere near Mrs. Robinson.

She might teach him a thang or two .... (just kidding)

I'd bet my last paycheck your teenage son would disagree with you!

Me to

she should have been a preist.nobody would know a thing.

I have been on the bad end of this. As a teacher, in Ohio, I had a relationship with a student in our school. She was 18 and not even my student. I resigned to be with her and the state picked up charges. I took a plea deal and was sentenced to 1 year in prison (served 64 days), 5 years probation, and have to register as a tier III sex offender for the remainder of my life. <-- Yes, that is the worst of the worst! As for us, it has been 2 years and we are engaged to be married. I honestly had no idea I was breaking a law. I did know I could lose my job, and was obviously prepared to do so.

Damn, the guys were 18 years old how many parents say anything when their "children" are sent to die in worthless wars..are these the same outraged parents because a teacher gave their boys a joyride?

whats obscene is the returning coffins of young men and woman seduced by a corrupt goverment and

manipulated with visions of nationalistic glory to feed the profits of a greedy military industrial complex..

Thank you! I was just about to say the same thing. How is it that we as Americans can send our sons and daughters to war at the age of 18 but when they lay down and open their legs to someone else in an act of lust, we start complaining? How is it that we can say its ok for anyone to smoke cigarettes at the age of 18 when they cause cancer? They were 18, plain and simple, nobody forced them to do it. Besides, none of us were there, how is it that anyone can judge? Someone opened they're mouth and someone else was the tattle tale. There are bigger things out there than who has sex with who...

John, you sure do make a good point!

You're right, John, and I suspect some of those outraged parents are the same ones here in support of the law.

Nelbilly, I sincerely doubt that she "seduced" any of them. That would have been entirely unnecessary. Eighteen year old guys don't need to be seduced, they are ready, willing and able and, obviously, eager.

I agree with John. He has a valid point because many of those fighting and being killed are seduced in high school by recruiters who are allowed access to our kids during the school day and have some position of authority.

Porter, are you being Sarcastic ???? I hope you are .... Because he's a CHUMP and a FOOL if he sticks around for more of that kind of Scummy behavior.

Because he's a CHUMP and a FOOL if he sticks around for more of that kind of Scummy behavior.

But then again, true love makes you do stupid things.

Chump, Fool needs to run to the doctor for an HIV test and all other known STD's. Then he needs to make sure the kids are protected from the cruel people that are going to say things to them about their mom.

but she don't value that, take for granted him and her daugthers...

If there were no children involved, I would agree he is a chump. With three kids, however, I can see him being devastated over what he is going to have to deal with.

And Michael, there is a difference between true love and stupid love.

She is very unattractive and a whore! I am just so surprised how you guys defend these tramps---how do some of these women get away with this type of behavior in your minds? You send your sons(hopefully) to school for a classical education, not real-time sex education! And just so you know, even when these teachers rape 13-15 year olds many are still barely prosecuted---especially when they are white chicks.....Oh, silly me, they are ALWAYS OVER-SEXED WHITE CHICKS. My bad!

NavyRetired2003

Where was she when I was a high school senior?

Dude, you would have had no chance anyway. Most likely you were just like the rest of us when we were seniors: Terribly shy, pimple faced, a little on the heavy side, smelly, no sense of style, and with no game at all!! LOL

Cause we like it remember we are NOT WOMAN now STFU...

Mason, I don't think she's unattractive and she's not a whore, unless she demanded to be paid. Also, there is nothing classical about education in Texas, just do some reading about the Texas school's idiotic text books.

yep, your right about that where are their names? shoddy PC reporting the "victims" name were withheld to protect the "innocent" LOL

Takes one to know one, whore.

actually it dosent. when someone goes around spreading their legs to anyone and anything when she is married and has children it defines them as a whore.

A. Gent Orange,

What is your problem? Why do you keep on saying: "Takes one to know one, whore."

She is a whore. The teacher ruin her family. When she was "getting off", she didn't think about her husband or children. THAT IS THE DEFINITION OF A WHORE. My goodness doing it with 5 people! So she is a whore with no self-control.

Why did you name yourself "A. Gent Orange" who the hell are you going to war with? Are you a nut?

People can judge the actions of others if it is truly evil. Your statement- "Takes one to know one, whore." is illogical, for how would you know that? Maybe your're the WHORE with a guilty complex. Maybe you're the WHORE for defending a true WHORE of a teacher!

Actually no, Yelley. "Whore" is slang for "prostitute" and entails charging for services. Either way, calling women demeaning names because they are sexually active is the work of cretins. Sex has NOTHING to do with morality unless it is forced sex (which it was not in this instance) and it is very possible that her husband approved of her sexual escapades. Just because chuckleheads like you pretend that God demands that monogamy from humans doesn't mean everyone does.

Some of you sound as though you would impose Sharia Law and have the poor idiot stoned to death ...What is America coming to? Afghanica?! The absence of reason is glaringly apparent and the hypocrisy of pseudo-Christians borders (overlaps) on Inquisitionesque philosophy. The lack of compassion, Mercy or understanding (which is NOT a synonym for "approval") is so ANTI-Christian that the fatal Irony is that "christians" in America have become the antitheses of Christ's WORD. If Jesus himself came back and told them the Truth about themselves, they'd crucify him all over again, because it wouldn't be what they wanted to hear.

T.B. Told,

And Jesus said, "Go, and sin no more." Tell me how do you "understand" a person when she does not want to repent? 5 times she did this with 5 different person. This woman just don't care. One time mistake, I can understand, we can all be forgiving, but 5 times? This is adultery (5 times) over. Don't stone her ofcourse, but she need to lose her job, and her story need to be told as a warning to other teachers!

Yes Angel, I agree. Glad to see you've become more reasonable than before, but how can you judge that she is unrepentent now or in the future?. Also, "Judge not lest ye be judged" and God said "I shall repay"....not for us to condemn anyone; Jesus never cursed anyone to hell except demons...Of course, men have made laws to prevent anarchy, but some laws go too far. How many innocent people have been executed in Texas? The State will suffer for it, as will any entity that tries to be a god.

Yes, you are right for I don't now if she is unrepented. However, her actions (5 times) speaks louder than words. Perhaps she is repented now that she was caught. Yes, we should be forgiving and the law is a bit harsh, but she should definitely lose her job. And the Bible also said, "He who persists in sins, rebuke him in the presence of all." - 1 Timothy 5:20

Yes..."rebuke"....not destroy.....I like you Angel, you're a good person..God bless you.

Angel: This just in! Big news flash! Adultery is NOT a crime.

Why do I find it hard to believe that these comments would be quite the opposite if this concerned a male teacher? I believe this is not a bad law but that the preponderance of these stories in the news is having a desensitizing affect on people. If my child was manipulated as a young adult into a sexual relationship with an authority figure I would want that person punished. Laws are a wonderful thing. They exist whether current opinion is becoming more lax or not. I am sorry that we as a whole have a lower standard in moral expectations of each other, however, when my children are involved I would like a higher standard enforced.

Don't you understand that a man having sex with 5 different women is just a good old boy and a woman who has sex with 5 different men is just a whore, a harlot, a slut etc. Double standards still apply.

But she specialized in jocks. Out in the cold again, eh?

hahahahahahaha, is no't fair wrigth ?

Where was this whore when I was in school? All my teachers were fat!

That is a glamor shot. Google her name. Never, in my life, have I been that desperate.

jealous Eric, thin or fat you sound like the kid of a guy that would not get any.

HELL NO !!! That's why its REALLY F'd up that they testified against her in a court of law .... that's just low.

@AMERICAN BROTHER

HELL NO !!! That's why its REALLY F'd up that they testified against her in a court of law .... that's just low.

Forcing them to testify was low, they have no choice in the matter other than testify or go to jail themselves.

Only in a troglodyte state would a person go to jail for boning people that are old enough to consent to intercourse.

But, oh well, it is Texas after all.

The guys that testified against them are douche bags, nothing more. They got some and then when she broke it off, they destroyed her out of revenge.

Victims??? LOLOLOL

I'd have pled the 5th.

American Brother. The didn't testify in court you douche. Backcountry. they weren't forced to testify and they did Not do so. Don't you dumb ass morons read anything?

Morons!

Having said that... She is a @!$%#ing idiot. I see that most guys are stroking themselves and salivating... What a bunch of @!$%#s...

According to the article, they did testify in court even though they said they did not want to. Did I misread something?

Hmmm I might have misread...

My apologies. They were forced to testify..

@cmach

My apologies. They were forced to testify..

Accepted and thank you.

Jail time for THAT? Disciplinary action by school district yes! Jail time NO! I

guess we are talking about Texas. Maybe we ought to cede Texas back to Mexico!

Release her immediatly. Put her in my custody and for her punishment, I'll have her walking like a duck when I'm done with her. She'll be remorseful when I'm done with her. Any nude photos of her by any chance?

The 5 on 1 aspect does make it a more interesting story. Otherwise, nothing really unusual. It would be interesting to know what emotional issues she is dealing with, as well as her husband who seems to tolerate this.